Sorry for the post delay everyone. I've had to shoot four homes in a week and a half. It's been exhausting, but it's over now.
So, continuing on my journey of making food from scratch, I've been baking bread. Have you ever looked at the ingredients list of bread..it's a bit shocking. Homemade bread has four things - flour, yeast, water and salt.
My first attempt was..well, not great. It was good bread, but nothing to brag about.
I followed the steps, but something was missing.
We kneaded and kneaded till we were parched with thirst.
Yawn.
Dull bread.
Failure makes me determined, so I hit the book store and brought this home. A French bread maker, living in England, with his own technique of kneading and mixing the dough. Very different from our style of bread making in North America. That is my loaf of bread on top of the book - isn't it pretty!
This is clearly something that takes practice. But I'm hooked. I love making bread and using my hands over the mixer and bread making machines.
I went on a quest for fresh yeast - not easy to find! But Whole Foods came through.
You can't expect me to place store bought butter on my homemade bread! Yes, dammit, I made the butter too!
if you want the recipe please read on..